Onibaba (1964) (The Criterion Collection/Masters of Cinema) [2 DVD9s]

Deep within the wind-swept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. Forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain, they dump the corpses down a deep, dark hole and live off of their meager spoils. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from the skirmishes, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio’s tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals the trio’s horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, Kaneto Shindo’s chilling folktale Onibaba is a singular cinematic experience.

Disc Features:
• New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions
• New video interview with writer/director Kaneto Shindo
• Rare super-8 black & white and color footage provided by actor Kei Sato, shot on location during the filming of Onibaba
• Original trailer
• Stills gallery featuring production sketches and promotional art
• Rare English translation of the original short Buddhist fable that inspired the film
• Filmmaker’s statement from writer/director Kaneto Shindo
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition

Kaneto Shindo, one of Japan’s most prolific directors, received his biggest international success with the release of Onibaba in 1964. Its depiction of violence and graphic sexuality was unprecedented at the time of release. Shindo managed — through his own production company Kindaï Eiga Kyokai — to bypass the strict, self-regulated Japanese film industry and pave the way for such films as Yasuzo Masumura’s Mojuu (1969) and Nagisa Oshima’s Ai no corrida (1976).

Onibaba is set during a brutal period in history, a Japan ravaged by civil war between rivaling shogunates. Weary from combat, samurai are drawn towards the seven-foot high susuki grass fields to hide and rest themselves, whereupon they are ambushed and murdered by a ruthless mother (Nobuko Otowa) and daughter-in-law (Jitsuko Yoshimura) team. The women throw the samurai bodies into a pit, and barter their armour and weapons for food. When Hachi (Kei Sato), a neighbour returning from the wars, brings bad news, he threatens the women’s partnership.

Erotically charged and steeped in the symbolism and superstition of its Buddhist and Shinto roots, Kaneto Shindo’s Onibaba is in part a modern parable on consumerism, a study of the destructiveness of sexual desire and — filmed within a claustrophobic sea of grass — one of the most striking and unique films of the last century, winning Kiyomi Kuroda the Blue Ribbon Award for Cinematography in 1965. The memorably frenetic drumming soundtrack was scored by long-time Shindo collaborator Hikaru Hayashi. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this major work in all its newly restored glory for the first time on DVD in the UK

Disc Features:
• Newly restored high-definition transfer, anamorphic 2.35:1 OAR
• Full-length director’s audio commentary by director Kaneto Shindo and the stars of the film, Kei Sato, and Jitsuko Yoshimura
• Video introduction by Alex Cox
• Optional English subtitles (new translation)
• Original trailer
• Production stills and promotional art gallery
• 24-page booklet with a new essay by Doug Cummings, an English translation of the original short Buddhist fable that inspired the film and a statement from writer/director Kaneto Shindo about why he made Onibaba

Movie:
YEAR: 1964
COUNTRY: Japan
DIRECTOR: Kaneto Shindo

DVD:
DVD RELEASE: 2004 (CC) / 2005 (MoC)
STUDIO: Criterion / Eureka! Masters of Cinema
CATALOG: 228 / #13
SYSTEM: NTSC (CC) / Pal (Moc)
SCREEN: 2.35:1
COLOUR: Black & White
AUDIO: Japanese Dolby Digital mono
SUBTITLES: English (soft)
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 103 mins (CC) / 100 mins (MoC)

Extraction:
ENGINE: MacTheRipper/DVD Decrypter
DVD: 2 Full Dual-Layer DVDs
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image)
FILE SIZE: 7.27/7.41GBs
SCANS FILE SIZE

• CC (600 DPI PDF): 19MBs
• MoC (600 DPI PDF): 51MBs
• MoC (600 DPI TIFF): 988MBs

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